Monday, September 17, 2012

2 Tools to Integrate in 5 Minutes or Less

Wonderopolis
is a great tool to engage students with high interest nonfiction text.
Each day a new "wonder" is added. Each post will include a
video, 3 questions, and information to answer each of the questions. I
know this tool may not be a new one, but I wanted to include some ideas for
integration.

Integration
ideas:

This site provides a great way
to practice reading with the question in mind. This is a great tool
to use as a shared reading piece where you model/practice using the 3
questions to focus your reading. Some of the "wonders" can
be at a high reading level so keep that in mind as you integrate
it.

Use it as a station where
students can read about the different wonders answering the questions they
provide.

This site provides high
interest reading material and will encourage your students to read
nonfiction.Now this list is not be exhaustive, so please leave a comment
sharing a way you are using this tool in your classroom.

Primary
wall provides a space to collaborate, share, and work together in real time
using sticky notes.This is an easy
program to use and students can all be engaged in the discussion and you can
view their ideas on your SMART Board.You can also lock this site and students can access it from home.Each wall comes with an embed code which
allows you to post on your blogs or websites.

Integration
ideas:

Exit slip-students
can reflect on class and post it to the wall.This can be used the following day for discussion or reteaching. One
technique is the 3-2-1 summarizing technique.This technique was designed by Rick Wormeli.

Brainstorming-students
can post questions, things they have learned, research around a topic.The cool paret is then you can sort their
thinking on the SMART Board after you have collected it.